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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2016
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsuyama, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mobile vehicle comprising: an electric undercarriage including a wheel that can travel; and a distance detection unit and a protruding structure which are mounted on the electric undercarriage, wherein the distance detection unit is configured to emit light horizontally in a range of a predetermined center angle around the electric undercarriage and to be capable of detecting a distance to an object present within the range of the predetermined center angle, the protruding structure includes one or more of an antenna, a warning light, an imaging device, and a lift mechanism unit, and the protruding structure is placed on the electric undercarriage at a position outside the range of the predetermined center angle, whose mobile vehicle can reliably recognize an obstacle without creating a blind spot in a traveling direction.